The Clinton Administration's point man on the homeless issue is Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, who talked recently with correspondent Ann Blackman. Some excerpts:
Q. TIME: Why did you decide to make homelessness your No.1 priority?
A. Cisneros: The second week I was in Washington -- it was last January -- I went out on a cold, cold night with volunteers who take sandwiches and hot tea to the homeless. We found a lady who was eight months pregnant sleeping on the lawn of the Justice Department. And veterans of the Gulf War sleeping on a subway grate across...
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